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Sunday, June 4, 2017

This Date in Weather History for June 4,2017 from weatherforyou.com

Weather HistoryFor Sunday,June 4,2017

1825
- A hurricane struck Long Island NY leveling trees and causing damage
to ships. The early season hurricane, which originated around Cuba,
caused major damage along the Atlantic coast from Charleston SC to New
York City. Many were lost at sea. (David Ludlum)

1860
- Iowa's Commanche Tornado , with wind speeds estimated in excess of
300 mph, was unquestionably one of the worst experienced by early
settlers, with nearly a million dollars damage. (The Weather Channel)

1982
- A four day storm began over New England which produced up to 14
inches of rain in southern Connecticut breaching twenty-three dams and
breaking two others. Damage was estimated at more than 276 million
dollars. (David Ludlum)

1987
- Early morning thunderstorms in south Texas produced 6.5 inches of
rain at Hockheim, and five inches at Hallettsville, in just a few hours.
Afternoon thunderstorms in Virginia deluged northern Halifax County
with 5.5 inches of rain in two hours. Thunderstorms produced wind gusts
to 76 mph at Dusty WA, and wind gusts to 88 mph at Swanquarter NC. (The
National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988
- A dozen cities in the eastern U.S. reported record low temp- eratures
for the date, including Atlantic City NJ with a reading of 40 degrees.
Fifteen cities in the north central U.S. reported record high
temperatures for the date, including Glasgow MT and Havre MT with
readings of 102 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)

1989
- Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Southern Plains Region
and the Lower Mississippi Valley to the Southern Atlantic Coast Region
during the day and into the night. Just four tornadoes were reported,
but there were 87 reports of large hail and damaging winds. (The
National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)